Scots Muslims and Jews fast for Gaza

Anniversary of Gaza bombings coincides with day Moses freed the Jews
Scots Muslims and Jews will come together this week in a show of unity to mark one year on since the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
The 22-day bombing campaign named Operation Cast Lead which killed 1,400 Palestinians began on Dec 27th which this year coincides with [...]

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Islam and Culture

The Spittin’ Light, Healing the Hood gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh over the weekend were simply superb. Everyone had their own favourite lines, moments and artists e.g.:

Edinburgh… It’s special, it’s special, it’s special… SPECIAL! (Mecca 2 Medina)
You’re beautiful, you’re a star! (Poetic Pilgrimage)
Hallelujah, Alhamdulillah… Hallelujah (Amir Sulaiman)

Videos will be out soon. I’d like to give [...]

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Launch of Unity Family Services

Today saw the launch of Unity Family Services in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. It’s a new initiative aiming to tackle family breakdown within the Muslim community.
Its chairman is Sunday Times Rich List member and respected thinker Azeem Ibrahim. It’s on-the-ground operations though are led by Shaykh Amer Jamil who was born and brought up [...]

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Edinburgh Mosque fundraiser

I had the great pleasure of attending and speaking at last night’s fundraiser for the new mosque in north-west Edinburgh.
An incredible figure of over £100,000 in pledges was reached on the night.

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Post-conference thoughts

It’s been an extremely taxing couple of weeks at SIF HQ.
As well as the Scottish Muslim Futures conference, we took our friends from CAIR around the country in the days leading up to it – to Fife, Aberdeen and Dundee for some special events.

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